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25%

25% -- profit increase from retention for customer retention (2019)

2019  · Bain & Company

Raising customer retention rates by 5% can increase profits by 25% to 95%.

  • Reported as a range from 25% to 95% when increasing customer retention rates by 5%
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25%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2019
Entity
customer retention
B
Strong, reliable evidence

Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.

61/100 confidence

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Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
60
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Bain & Company Primary Tier B
https://blog.glia.com/5-reasons-repeat-customers-valuable-customers/ ↗
Confidence: 59/100 Vintage: 2019 Channel: Wayback
Source Article
5 Reasons Why Repeat Customers Are the Most Valuable Customers
After an influx of new customers, you may be tempted to move on and focus all your efforts on additional sales. Resist the impulse. Focusing too much on customer acquisition as opposed to customer retention can harm your business. Getting new customers can cost up to 10 times more than keeping and g…
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customer retention: 25% profit increase from retention. Source: Bain & Company (2019). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/retention-5-percent-profit-25-95
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